Fly stop



April 1 1924. 1,489,195

' J. J. CRAIG I I t l @7222 d frg igg Patented Apr. 1, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FLY STOP.

Application filed September 21, 1923. Serial No. 664,091.

To all whomit may concern: Be it known that I, JOHN J. CRAIG, a citizenof the United States, residing at Como, I

in the county of Panola and State of Mississippi, have invented a newand useful Fly Stop, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device especially designed for use inconnection with swinging closures to guard the space between the closureand frame in which the same is moving, to eliminate any possibility offlies or other insects entering therebetween.

Another important object of the invention is to provide a device of thischaracter which may be readily and easily applied to the usual screenclosure construction, eliminating the necessity of making alterations inthe closure construction to apply the device.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within thescope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

Referring to the drawing: Figure 1 isean ele-vational view disclosing aclosure supplied with a guard constructed in accordance with theinvention.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Figure 1. I

I Figure 3 is a sectional View taken on line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure -l is a front elevational view of the guard disclosing the meansfor supporting the bristles. I

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken on line 55 of Figure 4.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the

reference character 5 designates the closure to which the guard, Iforming the subject matter of the invention, is applied.

The guard includes bristles 6, which may be of any desired material, anda. supporting member 7 which is formed of a length of metal bent uponitself to provide opposed clamping members, the ends of the length ofmetal being turned in at 8 to in sure against the bristles being forcedfrom their support, at the ends thereof.

As shown, by Figure 2 of the drawing, the guard is especially designedfor attachment to the upper and lower edges of the closure, and to thisend, the free edges of the supporting member are turned downwardly at 9to bend the bristles supported thereby, at right angles to the support.g

Screws 10 pass through suitable openings in the supporting member 7 andsecure the guard against movement on the closure.

Thus it will be seen that when a closure is supplied with a guard ofthis character, the

space between the closure and frame in which the same moves, is guardedwhen the closure is moved to its active position.

WVhat is claimed as new is o A guard for screen closures including asupporting member, said supporting member comprising a length of metalbent intermediate its side edges, bristles positioned between theoverlying surfaces of the supporting member, the ends of the supportingmember being bent inwardly to restrict movement of the bristles from thesupporting member, and means for securing the bristles between theoverlying surfaces of the supporting member.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

W. T. AnNoLn, R. G. WALLACE.

